ICTP-SORP-NORP Summer School and Workshop on Polar Climates

Submitted by Joana on Fri, 2024-12-27 04:40

Figure: Geographical distribution of Summer School participants, located by their institutional affiliations. For the distribution by nationality, see the image below

 

A summer school on “Polar Climates: Theoretical, Observational and Modelling Advances” was held in person and virtually in Trieste, Italy in July 2024. The school was followed by
a 3-day workshop on the “Role of Sea Ice and its Variability in the Climate System”. The school and workshop were hosted by the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP)
and co-organized by the CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Regional Panel (SORP) and the CLIVAR/CliC Northern Oceans Regional Panel (NORP). In total, the school and
workshop attracted 123 participants (with 90 being on site) including more than 80 students and postdocs from five continents and more than 20 countries. One of the main
objectives was to review the recent scientific advances on understanding the polar climate and its variability, in particular the observed regime shift in Antarctic sea ice. Important
research avenues, outstanding challenges and upcoming opportunities for novel observation were discussed to refine this understanding. This event also succeeded in bridging
the gap between the two polar research communities as well as participants from the northern and southern hemisphere and to foster scientific collaborations around models and observations.
 

 

Figure: Geographical distribution of Summer School participants, located by their nationality.

 

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